struggling in excess

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Composer: Robert McClure

Duration: 7:56

Scoring: oboe and electronics

Materials: score (8.5 x 11), digital performance patch (Max/MSP), and USPS Priority Shipping
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Program Note

struggling in excess explores the vast amounts of waste humans produce on a daily basis. This general observation was magnified during my time living/working in China. Excessive packaging accompanied nearly all products in a vain attempt to elicit a feeling of luxury in the consumer. This plastic packaging served as the primary sound producing material. Plastic sounds are put through numerous processes, both sonically and spatially, in an effort to overwhelm the listener just as physical plastic is overwhelming the Earth, particularly the ocean. Waves of plastic swirl around the listener while other plastic sounds have been filtered and colored with pitch; tainted.

Additional sounds were record from balloons. These sounds interact with the oboe's multiphonics. The oboe and balloons scream through the din of plastic as their last breaths are extinguished under the weight of our excess.

— Robert McClure

Reproduction Notice:This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the composer.